Hen&#39;s nest.



P. L. HAAKENSON.'

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Patented May 12, 1914.

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APPLIOATION FILED JULYl', 1913. 1,096,300.

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' P. L. HAAKENSON.'

HEN'S NEST.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 191B.

1,09 6,300. Patented May 12, 1914.

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P. L. HAAKENSON.

HENS NEST.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17,1913.

Patented May 12, 1914.

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P. L. HAAKENSON.

HENS NBST.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17,1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application led July 17, 1913. Serial No. 779,464.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FEDER L. HAAKEN- soN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Barton, in the county of Pierce and State of NorthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hens Nests,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hens nests and its object isto produce a device of this class in which the eggs will pass from thenest proper, as soon as laid, through a trap door into one of a seriesof boxes consecutively arranged upon a rotary platform which willthereby be caused to move partially about its axis a distance equal tothe distance between any two consecutive boxes in the series; means forinstantly ascertaining the exact number of eggs in the series at anytime are also provided; another object is to provide means forautomatically locking the trap door of the nest proper as soon as theboxes of the rot-ary platform are filled.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed in the following specilication, pointed out in the claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of saidspecification and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section through thenest in side elevation and is taken on line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is asection taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a. section taken on line3--3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a det-ail of a portion of the device. Fig. 5is a view of Fig. 4 with the parts in an altered or ad vanced position.Fig. G is another view of Fig. 4 with the parts in a still furtheradvanced position. Fig. 7 is an inverted plan of the trap door of thenest. Fig. 8 is a vertical section through one of the egg boxes and itsconnections.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

1 is the boxing in which the mechanism of the nest is disposed and it isprovided with a base 2 and a hinged cover 3 having a handle 3a. `Wit-hinthe box av rotary shaft 4 is disposed having its ends reduced and one ofthem journaled in the center of the base 2 of the box and the otherbearing in a beam 5 extending across the box and se-.

cured to the inner side of the cover 3. To the shaft 4 a plurality ofsupports 6 are secured that carry the rotary plat-form 47 provided aboutits periphery with blocks S that protrude through the apertured portions9 of levers 10 that are pivot-ed upon pins 11 passing through the saidblocks. At one end of each lever 10- a counter-weight 12 is carriedwhile an egg box 13 is carried at its opposite extremity; each egg boxbeing provided with a suitable lining 14 and said boxes being spacedapproximately 28 de` grecs apart through an arc of approximately 340degrees.

15 is a stop pin adapted for locking engagement with the cam block 15ncarried by the trap door 25 to be hereinafter described, after the lastegg box in the series has been filled and passed beyond the latch 2Oaand 15b is a locking block for engagement with the latch 20l at thistime.

A pin 1G secured in the shaft 4 carries one end of a cord 17 whichpasses about a pair of rollers 1S, 18 mounted upon spindles 19, 19secured to the box and `at its opposite end carries a weight 20 whichthrough gravitation is adaptedto rotate the shaft 4 vand with it theplatform 7 and the egg boxes.

20a is a stop-latch secured to the box 1 and disposed in the plane ofrotation of the empty egg boxes 13 and provided at one side with a pin21 which prevents its oscillation in one direction but leaves it free toswing in the opposite direction.

The cover 3 is formed with an apertured portion at 22 in which a rod 23provided with a weight 24 at one termination is normally disposed, theother end of the rod 23 being secured in one end of a trap door 25hinged as at 26 to the said cover 8 and forming a. part of that cover.Directly above the trap door 25 is the funnel-shaped nest 27 a portionof the base of which is formed by the said trap door and a crown 28disposed upon the cover 8 surrounds and vpartially supports the saidnest.v

29 is a hood formed with an opening 30 and disposed upon the cover 3about the said nest and crown 28.

31 is a window lin the boxing through which the number of the boxesfilled with eggs may be readily seen.

Operation: In normal position the trap door 25 is closed and the bar 23and weight 24 are in the position shown dotted in Fig. 1. The hen nowenters the hood 29 through the opening 301 and sits upon the nest. Thenthe egg is laid it falls upon the trap door and opens the same, raisingthe weight and rod to the position shown in full lines in Fig. l. Theegg rolls off the trap door while the same is in open position and isdeposited into the open egg box directly beneath; the weight of the eggnow depresses said egg box, oscillating the lever l upon its pin andraising the Weighted end of the same, thus permitting said egg box topass beneath the stop-latch 2Oa as the weight 2O sets the shaft l inmotion. The next box is now moved into the position vacated by the boxnow containing the egg just dropped, the movement of the platform 7being arrested by contact of the said empty egg box with the stop latchThe consecutive boxes will be filled in the manner described and whenall are filled lthe stop pin l5 is brought up beneath and wedged tightagainst the cam block l5 on thc bottom of the trap door thus preventingoperation of the same should another fall upon it. The egg boxes may nowbe emptied by raising the cover 3 by its handle E and lifting out theeggs. The platform 7 is now manually rotated iu a direction opposite tothat in which it is imH polled by the weight 'Q0 when the nest is againready for use.

lirhat is claimed is:-

l. A device of the class described, com-- prising a housing, a rotaryplatform operatively mounted in said housing, movable boxes carried bysaid platform, actuating mechanism for said platform disposed withinsaid housing, a stop for said rotary platform normally in engagementwith one of said egg boxes and egg receiving and conveying meansoperatively associated with the said movable egg boxes whereby they maybe singly moved to disengage said stop thereby setting in motion theaforesaid platform actuating mechanism.

2. In a device of the class described, a housing', a rotary platformoperatively mounted in said housing, levers pivotally carried by saidplatform and. provided at one extremity with weights, egg boxes lighterthan the said weights carried at the opposite end of said levers,actuating mechanisnrfor said platform disposed within said housing, astop latch carried by said housing' and disposed in the normal plane ofrotation of said egg boxes, and egg receiving and conveying meansoperatively associated with the said egg boxes whereby they may besingly depressed to disengage the said stop latch and permit temporaryoperation of the said platform actuating mechanism.

SQA device of the class described, comprising a housing', a nest portioncarried thereby, pivoted rotary receptacles consecutively arrangeddisposed within said housing, gravity controlled means for actuatingsaid rotary receptacles, a stop latch for engagement with said rotaryreceptacles singly and egg' receiving and conveying means connectingsaid nest portion and rotary receptacles whereby the latter may besingly depressed to avoid the said stop latch.

4t. A device of the class described, comprising a housing, a nestportion carried thereby, pivoted rotary receptacles consecutivelyarranged disposed within said housing, gravity controlled means foractuating said rotary receptacles, a stop latch for engagement with saidrotary receptacles singly, egg receiving and conveying means connectingthe said nest portion and rot-ary kreceptacles whereby the latter may besingly depressed to avoid the said stop latch and locking meansautomatically effective after the said rotary receptacles have passedthrough an arc of approximately 340 degrecs.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

llllDER L. HAKENSON.

llitnesses Lans llAAxnivsoN, Jeun BnUsvnN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of yatents, VJashngton, D. C.

